Tag Archives: Ideological Woodenheadeness bordering on sociopathy

Students Break My Heart (Part the Second)

Posted on November 28, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

A few days after I wrote that last, heart-rending tale of interactions with my students, I happened to run in to the very student who had said such nice things about me. The only difference was that I was presenting … Continue reading →

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“Losing” An Argument

Posted on July 18, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

When you think about it, talking about arguments in terms of winning and losing doesn’t actually make much sense. Think about it; assuming that the argument is based exclusively upon facts and logic (which is usually a pretty big assumption, … Continue reading →

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No Science; No Evidence; No Truth; No Democracy

Posted on July 10, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

Today, scientists in this country got out and did what has needed to be done for years now: hundreds of them, clad in white lab coats, ventured to Parliament Hill in Ottawa to protest the Harper Regime’s policies on scientific … Continue reading →

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Why They Hate Us

Posted on July 9, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

I’ve thought (too) long and (too) hard about the question of why radical feminists hate transsexual women. At first it seemed like a simple matter of a group of people prizing ideological purity over the inconvenient life experiences of other … Continue reading →

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Science and Politics

Posted on May 31, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

Science* is not democratic. Science does not care whether or not you agree with it; it does not care whether or not you or an arbitrary number of people, think that things would be better off if something were done … Continue reading →

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On the Primacy of Reality

Posted on May 17, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

One of the best things about the scientific method is that it offers a well-defined metric for telling the difference between good ideas and bad ideas; since the whole purpose of science is to create a (naturalistic) theoretical framework by … Continue reading →

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In *My* Ideal World, You Wouldn’t Exist Either.

Posted on April 25, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

I have noted in the past that my studies as a physicist are inherently apolitical. This is a simple consequence of the fact that the subject matter with which I deal is abstract. Matter and energy, space and time are … Continue reading →

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Concerning Think Tanks

Posted on April 5, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

I don’t necessarily have a problem with ideological think tanks; really I don’t. I mean, I admit and acknowledge the fact that, if you get too many like-minded people into a room together, after a while all of the ideas … Continue reading →

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Transphobia? In Feminism? Well, I Never!

Posted on January 16, 2012 by thevenerablecorvex

All things considered, when it comes to anti-transsexual bigotry based on ideological grounds, I think that conservative fundamentalists are more of a threat, but Disco-era radfems are the more offensive. You see, hatred is pretty much what you expect out … Continue reading →

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